Deadlift on Peaking Template

Training Q&A [Moderated]
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Firstly, I apologize if this was posted more than one time and in the wrong location. I have never posted to the forum before and was a bit lost.

This is a continuation of a conversation started with Jordan over Facebook and I hope this is the proper channel of communication now.

So over the past two weeks my number on the deadlift.

week 1
Template day 2: heavy single at 93% of e1RM 405lbs RPE 8
4 reps at 375lbs 86% of e1RM PRE 8.5
2 sets of 4 at 350lbs 80% e1RM RPE 8
Everything felt very strong and right in line with what I was anticipating .

Template day 4: 2" deficit single at 395 lbs 91% of e1RM RPE 10 … warm up felt good and strong but my single felt terrible and hard as hell. I’ve never done deficits at this high a weight before.
3 at 375lbs definitely RPE 9.5 Again, just felt like I had no strength
2 sets of 3 at 355lbs RPE 9 these felt a little better.

RDLS, I was feeling totally gassed so I tried 315 and it wouldn’t go so I ended up doing 4 sets of 6 at 225 lbs. Probably could have gone to 255 but was mentally spent.

week 2

Day 2: single at 405lbs 93% felt like a RPE 10, no legs under me.
3 at 385lbs approximately 89% RPE 9.5
2 sets of 3 at 370lbs RPE 9 Again, felt super heavy and very hard to engage for some reason.

Day 4: pretty much the same as the previous week. Same percentages except the 395 was a true grinding 10 on 10 RPE I almost wasn’t sure it was going to come up.
Again, I tried to hit 315 on my RDL’s but it was not happening so I upped the weight from the previous week to 255lbs.

So now, I’m now repeating week 1 and everything went excellent today which is Day 1 on the template… tomorrow will beday 2 of week one.

Before starting the template my numbers were
425 single at RPE 9ish
1X 3 at 405 RPE 9.5
Last heavy working sets were 3x3 at 395 RPE 9
3x5 at 375lbs RPE 9

Nothing has changed in my diet… hitting a minimum of 150 protein… sleep is decent, maybe a bit more stress but nothing crazy. All my other lifts are feeling extremely strong and responding very well.
Deadlift has always felt super strong, so this is throwing me a bit.

Please let me know if I can give you any more information that may help. Thank you so much.

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Last question I have is when is the meet?

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The Meet is on April 27th

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Just wanted to give a update. I went ahead with the planned Deadlift programming from week1 Day2 and things actually felt very strong today. I’m not sure if there was something going on that was negatively impacting my Deadlift over the past two weeks but today percentages and RPE were right on track. In your opinion is there anything I should modify on the Deficit day?

today
single 405 93% RPE 8.5
4 at 86% 375 RPE 9
2 sets of 4 80% RPE 8

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Yea I don’t think I would change anything on the regular DL programming, though I would address the following things:

  1. On the 2" deficit DL, be conservative for the single and working weights. No need to go to failure here or tempt fate, lol.
  2. On the RDL’s, do sets of 6 up until you hit @ RPE 8 to determine the load for the day with the idea that you’re going to match or beat the previous week’s weight. If your warm ups indicate that is a good idea, carry on. If not, take what’s there
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Thanks Jordan, will do! I’ll let you know how things turn out at the meet. Thank you for all your input. Loving the Peaking Template!